Today's Stats:

BM Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1207     Reading:  125

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1211     BP:  126/63     Pulse:  69

Breakfast:  1245  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 3 slices thick cut sugar cured lean bacon 1 slice toasted oat bran bread with 1.5 tbl Fleischmann's margarine 1/4 tsp cinnamon on bread 6 oz orange juice diluted w/8 oz water
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
Niferex-150 [150 mg elemental iron]	1 hour before breakfast: 1145	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with Niferex-150	helps the body metabolize iron
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
Protonix/40 mg	1 pill at least 1/2 hour pre-meal	standard pre-breakfast med
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
aspirin/81 mg	1 tab with breakfast	standard breakfast med - given for anti-coagulant properties
lisinopril/2.5 mg	1/2 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
Daily Senior Multivitamin	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
folic acid/400 mcg	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	standard breakfast supplement; a natural antibiotic and anti-coagulant
Levaquin/500 mg	2 250 mg tablets 2 hours after ingestion of iron: 1345	to address UTI: last day of antibiotic course
1/2 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with antibiotics	standard twice a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    Because we've been treating my mother's blood sugar to a feast the last few days, I decided to take it this morning, just to see how it's settling down. I was hoping it would be normal but wasn't expecting this. And, it wasn't. So, back to normal eating, for awhile. No more pancakes, sweet rolls, and, if we decide to have sugar, we have it as a Just Desserts dinner.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred, as usual, at about 1215 while we were bathing her. Medium volume, excellent elimination, excellent consistency, very easy clean-up. If her bowel movements remain this easy and this regular, I will reinstate toilet paper in her bathroom.
    Today is the last course of her antibiotics. Her urine is clear and light. I'm pretty sure we've licked this UTI.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1556     Reading:  178

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1600  & Meds What she ate:  8 oz artificiall sweetened low fat lemon yoghurt with 1/4 tsp cinnamon approx 1/2 cup MCS's home made bread and butter pickles 11.5 oz V-8 juice
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
none at the moment

    Yeah, it looks like I need to get her blood sugar back in line. I forgot to take her blood pressure, but I think the breakfast reading is sufficient.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1935     Reading:  119

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1939     BP:  116/50     Pulse:  60

Dinner:  2010  & Meds What she ate:  approx one cup home made chili with chopped polish sausage one ear corn on the cob with the gods only know how much pepper and butter
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
Niferex-150	1 150 mg tab with meal	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
lisinopril/2.5 mg	1/2 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
vitamin E/400 IU	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
calcium-vitamin D/500-200 mg	with meal	believed to be an osteoporosis preventative

    She wanted a chili dog, but we didn't have buns or white bread, so I suggested this...chopping up some polish sausage in the rest of the frozen home made chili, and pairing it with an ear of corn. She dove for it. I love that, with us living together, she is able to eat pretty much what she wants when she wants, gets excellent variety, has many meals designed precisely to her taste and gets a chance to experiment, too, with input ahead of time instead of experimenting by accident.
    Blood sugar and blood pressure both look excellent.